Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see.

The term 'serious actor' is kind of an oxymoron, isn't it? [Like] 'Republican party' [or] 'airplane food'.

If you're trying to create a company, it's like baking a cake. You have to have all the ingredients in the right proportion.

He who thinks little errs much

Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.

Don't spend time beating on a wall, hoping to transform it into a door.

A good idea is never lost. Even though its originator or possessor may die without publicizing it, it will someday be reborn in the mind of another....

One of the greatest discoveries a person makes, one of their great surprises, is to find they can do what they were afraid they couldn't do.

No man can taste the fruits of autumn while he is delighting his scent with the flowers of spring.

Success is steady progress toward one's personal goals

Many are stubborn in pursuit of the path they have chosen, few in pursuit of the goal.

Success is neither magical nor mysterious. Success is the natural consequence of consistently applying the basic fundamentals.

Don't gamble; take all your savings and buy some good stock and hold it till it goes up, then sell it. If it don't go up, don't buy it.

The painter has the Universe in his mind and hands.

Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is probably the reason so few engage in it.

Real success can only come if there is a change in our societies and in our economics and in our politics.

You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it.

Rich people have small TVs and big libraries, and poor people have small libraries and big TVs.

Make the lie big, make it simple, keep saying it, and eventually they will believe it

Riches do not respond to wishes. They respond only to definite plans, backed by definite desires, through constant persistence.

I do know that when I am 60, I should be attempting to achieve different personal goals than those which had priority at age 20.